[Food] Porridge

[BrightonCottager]

Why bother soaking it overnight? Sheer posturing - and totally unnecessary. Microwave it - it works fine. Salt is optional - yes for me; alternative answers to 'yes' are acceptable if that's how you prefer it.
At the end of the day, oats is oats. A bag of oats from Asda or Sainsbury's is just the same - and just as good - as whatever designer oats you're paying twice the price for.

My wife feels that overnight soaking improves the flavour. Flavahans because Sainsburys often don't have their own jumbo oats. Stove because our microwave broke.

Incidentally, those huge grain silos on Shoreham Port are used to store Sussex oats that are taken elsewhere to make Scotch porridge.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Maybe sacrilegious but I just have Quaker oats soaked in cold milk, not heated or microwaved.

Oats are supposed to be very good for your cholesterol levels.

Me too, l simply don't have the time or the inclination to start mixing ingredients to my own recipe for breakfast, Quaker, or Scots Porridge Oats out of a packet, do me just fine.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Jumbo Oats, Skimmed milk, microwave, bit of demerara

Top tip for those using Oat Milk. When you put water on oats you get ...... oat milk

 

[PoG]

Rolled oats, dark choc, peanut butter and raspberries. Game changer.

 

[Bakero]

Jumbo Oats, Skimmed milk, microwave, bit of demerara

Top tip for those using Oat Milk. When you put water on oats you get ...... oat milk

I tend to sweeten mine with honey. There are days when I'll use brown sugar but, as you say, demerara.

Credit to Olaf Falafel for the original version of that joke

 

[DFL JCL]

Oats, milk, microwave, honey, raisans

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[smillie's garden]

If you have one, a rice cooker works quite well for oats; I use water, so can't comment on milk type. When cooked I add peanut butter, soy sauce and sriracha - I don't really have a sweet tooth.

 

[ForestRowSeagull]

I buy those bags of frozen summer fruits from Sainsbury's and add them before putting it in the microwave. Very tasty IMO

 

[knocky1]

Uncooked oats for me with linseeds, walnuts, raisins, prunes, dates, blueberries, bannana, almonds, apple and all mixed up with a big dollop of kefir.

That isn’t a teaspoon.

 

[Hornblower]

Wow, what a load of faff. Flahavan oats (not the jumbo ones) mixed 2 scoops oats and 4 scoops skimmed milk, 2 minutes in the microwave, stir in some maple syrup and enjoy. Simples.

 

[Stat Brother]

Me, back in the day, on my paper round:-

 

[smillie's garden]

Me, back in the day, on my paper round:-

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Ah yes, the Windscale Flakes

 

[Wardy's twin]

Flavahans for me , red topped milk and generally soft fruits.... though today its sultanas as the soft fruits have run out.

Microwaved until it turns very dry and cake like

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

View attachment 142199Uncooked oats for me with linseeds, walnuts, raisins, prunes, dates, blueberries, bannana, almonds, apple and all mixed up with a big dollop of kefir.

That isn’t a teaspoon.

Your bowl appears to be upside down, rather like these peas.

 

[maltaseagull]

Snip top off sachet and add oats to square breakfast bowl, pour semi skimmed milk to red line on sachet then tip on to oats. Microwave for 2 minutes, stir gently for 1 minute then enjoy. Odd thread, can't the OP read the packet?

Oh hang on. You mean the bit where I customise with a spoonful of Cartwright and Butler Lemon Curd. Delicious!

Oh shoot!
I've been doing it wrong!

I need to go and buy some square breakfast bowls.

Do they have to be a specific brand?

 

[TheJasperCo]

Overnight oats for me. Add warm water from the kettle to make the oats smooth. Add peanut butter, Greek yoghurt (the real stuff, not the syrupy Greek-style blarney), chopped banana and sometimes frozen fruits. Food of the gods.

 

[maltaseagull]

View attachment 142199Uncooked oats for me with linseeds, walnuts, raisins, prunes, dates, blueberries, bannana, almonds, apple and all mixed up with a big dollop of kefir.

That isn’t a teaspoon.

Is that before or after regurgitation?

Looks absolutely disgusting!

 

[knocky1]

Is that before or after regurgitation?

Looks absolutely disgusting!

Unlikely to do well on Masterchef.

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

I cook mine with "no sugars" coconut milk and sweet cinnamon then stir in a handful of frozen raspberries and a chopped up banana.

On dirty days I chuck in a few squares (50g) of dark chocolate instead of the raspberries and add ground ginger and a touch of chilli instead of the cinnamon.

I can confirm that Sainsbury's oats are the same quality as the named brands, but you don't get a drawing of a jolly chap on the packaging.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Quaker oats, I leave them in milk for 10 minutes and then zap them for 2:30 minutes in the hot box, stir in a spoonful of peanut butter and sugar free raspberry coulis. Bliss.